it's what. the new legislation makes it monday to re for a convert to be taken to a corrective institution located in the region where he lived before. are you sure i'd like to be closer to home my kids could come and see me i'm going to try and get through this this means i want to keep my health and i don't want to be a burden to my family but most of all i don't want prison to destroy me i want to remain who i am here. in the to the region a hundred kilometers from moscow another inmate is awaiting a decision that may change his life his name is andre often asked if he ended up in prison on charges of fraud now that he has served one third of his term he has appealed to the administration to release him on parole the law makes this possible . group for inmates only on duty andre often assume. is the day pass without incident this is the first you'll ever thing order yes

that's going to have a good deal of time is likely to pass between an inmate request for parole and his release first the connies administrative commission must consider his case even if they turn his request down he may take his appeal to court but that means he will have a much slimmer chance of being granted parole. the time has come for me to rethink my life and see where i'm headed. now believe that i have reformed. that's why i've also. russia's federal penitentiary services the government body that oversees the country's prisons colonies a year ago it launched a program to resettle many of its inmates. one hundred fifty thousand convicts were relocated in line with a new law prohibiting fledgling inmates being housed together with hard. anil's

undrafted nasty have is serving a sentence in the colony for people with a history of several crimes. this is a high security prison colony in the euro two thousand kilometers east of moscow many of the inmates here a murderous rapists and drug dealers every one of them has fallen foul of the law on several occasions before they know only too well how things are run and captivity. to show emotion how you enter the building. don't miss around four hundred people around you. you know what it's like. on face value this is just another colony but unlike others inmates here run their own theater this time in prison stars have decided to open a new season with an adaptation of notes from the house of the dead restored by

russia north a few other dostoyevsky he wrote it after a period of exile on hard labor in siberia. a few some of each character in the book is a plague by sorrow and disenchant we see dish out of the lives this is this is what we want to convey to the audience. the administration encourages inmates to take part in the club's performances if they have artistic talent others can get emotionally involved with the characters on stage as they watch them from the floor . i. am. sure what's all that racket. lugar's you are seems to get to bed now.

yes. sure wars hero and behold the creatures sure you use they can adapt to any theory. you think that's the true definition of. these modern day knights of given the roles of the nineteenth century convicts they do. there is a museum dedicated to dostoyevsky in the city of on the right to serve his prison term exhibits their feet to the life of convicts and to desire a stray sheen on display as shackles overcoats in irons that we use to make faces. dostoyevsky described his penal servitude as the most terrible years of his life.

more than ten million inmates serve sentences in gulag prison camps during stalin's repressions many were forced into slave labor a construction sites like inmates including those who had been pulled that on political charges were made to mine minerals and chop down trees soviet prison colonies were built in faraway places with harsh climates talking about inmates rights was to boot in those years only since the end of the gulag system of reforms being possible. truck the first step is to stop glorifying criminal culture but a question he just stopped repeated offenses if the second step is to try and rehabilitate those who serve their time and return them to normal society. it is morning in investigative isolation wards a few hours ago probably on off was told he would be taken to a penal colony. shortly before he was due to go. he decided to visit the wards

church it was built only recently. should have put me here. and around. to go. once but to go to. your full name probably almost. leon often other inmates are driven across moscow in a special. after they will be taken for the train specially designed to transport companies. number one. on the back down.

the one. and two planes. gets into the carriage. the compartment has no windows or a boss instead of doors guards believe that too many precautions can never be taken to transport dangerous criminals. three times a day the passengers are given boiling water and packaged meals they're in for a one way trip the destination is unknown. i get the feeling. you know where we are going. i've got no idea what will happen. the only thing that is on my mind is my family. this train has two hundred kilometers of journey ahead of it to morrow. will arrive

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the old free born just plug in video for your media projects and free medio dogcart teton tom you. the next morning tom foley on off gets into a special i did for a high security company the first time and. first the inmate has taken to the core and change his perspective given prison issue it's. his uniform aim high school he will forty three yes that's right ok. on off now house to meet the facilities cemetery conditions this includes a visit to the baba. booey.

in the pasta all inmates were shaved bald nowadays this is no longer the case those behind bars are now even allowed to wear watches there are no restrictions on correspondents with relatives even. here folks work in what's called the industrial zone there's enough work. the good thing about the place is that the conditions aren't harsh. well. they're pretty much the same everywhere a little bit better in some places and worse on all those. around you for you but people can adapt to any conditions. leo novel spend a couple of weeks in the corn tin room. after that he will join other inmates

living in a barracks. of the colony we all know will be offered the opportunity to learn a skill of his own choice. the movements and made me change is the quarantine room he becomes aware of a combination of. the old one and the new. new system is taking shape in line with prison reform. we're planning to still type barracks into. this will cut down on inmate numbers time only two full over six inmates will be handed in each. soon after leo off arrives at the colony he's allowed to make his first phone call home his wife and children have been waiting a long time to hear from him. i

want to tell you that i mean correctional colony know. when they. might apply for parole sometime in the future. meanwhile andre often. serving his time in another colony was already on today's crucial the commission is going to consider the case. of the very nervous. if they don't release you. i don't know what i'm going to say to my family. i hope it'll be ok. the administration includes the colonies top brass and even the priest of the local church. they will consider whether andre often has mended his ways and is ready to

be his own master. the colonies chief warden is the commission chairman he poses very awkward questions to the inmate. so your parents will give you a flak and you wife will help you find a job without you when you go to do something on your own as soon as i was i think it's time we began providing feel parents and wife. the court will make the final decision on whether or not under a will be set free colonies administration concedes that inmates are fully aware of their rights and take a firm stand to defend them. we need to build dozens of new prisons we have to install modern equipment to beef up security and we are and we also have to iron out how sentences ought to be served as to be more pragmatic more qualified immunity for the border. we have to reduce the enormous number of prisons in our system as well. it is

a unique colony for women in the urals but also houses they young children although convicted mothers and their kids live apart many of the little ones have been born behind bars. babies live in the facilities kindergarten until they're two years old while the mothers serve the terms they remain in the care of teachers and doctors. today the older children of visiting a mini zoo in the colony but the same time the mothers feed their babies and take them for a walk. this is q my son carrie lee is six months old oh she's such a naughty child you know the let's put some clothes on you so we can go for a while. but i do. call in the staff built a playground for children in the courtyard. the barking of watch dogs can be heard

even handed. it is then you were but there's still she's by my side who are shelley old alone those nursing a lot is heaven and all the others we do work because we have got no time for that you doing more we should be two years old when my terms here comes to an end. lena hopes she will not need to tell her son that he grew up in a colony she would like the boy to have happy memories of friendly teachers rather than bob while. polly on off is one of the new arrivals headed for the high security colony in the region here is make yourself comfortable. has joined other inmates after a quarantine period. pavel has been issued with bed linen and shown to his bunk bed the. inmates tell him about life inside on the monday. puzzle how are you. going to solve your two for now it's much better. it's

a world apart from her a. used to be from. various of the when i first turned up here things were pretty bad. or sort of the the toilet and the washbasin were out in the courtyard for instance. one life is easy enough. inmates walk about a barracks inhabited by some one hundred people powerful is going to spend many years in the surroundings. this is the medical bank of the most is the cloak room. the inmates working in the industrial zone leave their belongings here. for some it's a day off they watch t.v. read books all played backgammon in the lounge.

for sure all are being made andre often our service here and ready to hear your decision about my possible broke. and rafa nassif future now depends on the court ruling. judges will soon convene for a special session in the commons. we have come to the conclusion that inmate after nice year is ready for parole because he is firmly on the we need to being informed further rehabilitation is possible without him being isolated from society. twenty four hours later than drafting nassir will leave the colony the long awaited call home the first after the call. my mom calls ruled in my favor as they should let me go tomorrow. thanks a lot for helping your school see me all this time. i'm very happy and i know

everything is going through your book to make sure you get home safe and sound. andre's about sets off those many months of confinement and now behind to. tell you it's like a miracle. this is the first day of probably almost two t's in the colony. all inmates here must do a job of one kind or another.

been assigned to the sewing workshop in makes make things ordered by various enterprises and get paid for that work. to unfold twice there's no more than three centimeters. jars you do that each new office. and here you make the sea ice that's all there's your fruit what about the longer. you don't need anything day. put it on the end. do. a teacher from a vocational school sit side by side with the owner of the inmate picks up the practical skills fairly quickly. but these medical bands of four cats and all the pets who live there of course i mean the administration allows people to take the job of their choice. by short making such things would be the easiest. after his shift pavo returns to his barracks he will stay

there for seventeen years. yes and throughout that time all he will see from the window is a tall fence surrounded by barbed wire or. no doubt he will reflect on his past and try to find a way to start his life anew. the this is nature and discover is. communicate with the wild. test yourself and become free. to. see what nature can give you the.

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a very warm welcome this is live from moscow now the taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the afghan president's senior adviser in the capital kabul along with one of the country's m.p.'s local security forces say they've already killed the militants who carried out the a time when the murders come less than a week of the hum of calls lies half brother who ran the south of the country was gunned down by the taliban is stepping off the salt on afghan officials as nato combat troops begin to withdraw on sunday the alliance hundred eva control with the first of seven designated areas to local forces for more on the situation on full. in afghanistan i can now talk lifestyle and see why it's vis jim brown many being with us. now given this taliban attacks with senior officials did with afghan forces do you think be able to take care of their security on the road once nato

troops withdraw. no i mean i think you have to ask the question security for who or for walks when they talk about handing over responsibility for security because by all accounts for example the afghan army as it's called is very much biased towards groups so it starts with the cup from the beginning so the idea that it would be an impartial force or seen to be an impartial force seems to be extremely unlikely and to what extent what they mean by handover is also very questionable i would imagine the nato forces will be hovering in all cases in the background and presumably providing power etc so the. afghan forces will not be very independent i would think i can.